Highlights and Happenings of 2007
Welcome to a brand new year here on the Klog blog. I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday break and a grandiose New Year celebration... I know I did.
At the start of each New Year, I like to take a few moments and reminisce back through the events of the previous year, and highlight all the happenings that really helped to make the year stand out for me. The following is a break-down of 2007:
Top 5 Klog Posts of 2007
The following are the top 5 posts of 2007 (or at least in terms of user-participation, number of views, and my personal opinion). If you're recently new to the Klog... have yourself a peek at some of what you may have missed, and if you've been reading all year long... take a second to reminisce a little:
Move over Sam's Choice Cola and Sam's Choice Drinking Water... there's a brand new product offering hitting the shelves. Introducing Sam's Choice Pay Per Click services.
So there I was walking into my local Target store when out of the blue it hit me... I was a changed man. I was a little frightened, but came to terms with my discovery.
The Yahoo! Store platform seems to always play well with others... well for the most part anyway. Here are 12 steps for setting up a Google Sitemap with a Yahoo! Store.
Now that the Yahoo! Panama upgrade has taken full effect in the U.S., what do you think? I have to give kudos to Yahoo! for what appears to be a flawless upgrade.
A couple of years ago, while I was brushing up on my design skills, I created this uber-cool poster. I now have a copy of it hanging up on my cube wall to remind me about success.
3 Industry Interviews of 2007
In addition to attaining a better understanding of one's beliefs and points-of-view on a particular subject, interviews are a great way to get to know someone, and inevitably learn from them as well. I have set-up interviews with the following reputable industry-folks, whom specialize or carry with them a background in a variety of website design and marketing areas. The following are 3 industry interviews I've conducted in 2007:
I'll be talking shop with my good friend Matt McGee of Marchex. He and I first met at SMX back in June, but we've known each other on the web since well before that.
In addition to her role as a Senior Writer for Bruce Clay, Inc., Lisa is also the very lovable personality, the voice if you will, of the Bruce Clay blog.
Today I'll be talking shop with search marketing expert Liana Evans of Commerce360. She, as most of you know, is also the editor and chief at the Search Marketing Gurus blog.
Karl Ribas Interviewed in 2007
Surprisingly enough (at least to me anyway), I took part in 4 separate interviews this past year... ranging from search marketing-related chit-chat to a podcast interview I did on cigar smoking. "Being interviewed" is something that I haven't yet gotten used to (personally speaking, I feel more comfortable being the "Q" guy than the "A" guy), but I had a really great time being apart of each. The following are 4 interviews that I did in 2007:
I was interviewed on the Cigar Alliance podcast. The interview was published just yesterday and features lots of information regarding one of my favorite hobbies.
Check it out... last week I was interviewed by my man Paul Boisvert (the infamous Paul B.), Sr. Technical Content Producer from the Small Business division at Yahoo!.
A couple of weeks back I was interviewed by Ryan Welton, a staff writer for Practical eCommerce Magazine, for an article titled "Maintaining Sanity Amid Multiple PPC Campaigns".
Yesterday I was interviewed on the "Mr. SEO podcast". Joe and I had a great conversation on Pay Per Click advertising and management, and offered up some good pointers for all.
The Highlights of my Personal Life
What would a 2007 recap post be if it didn't include the highlights of my personal life? The following are 5 events (2 of which were never publicly mentioned here on the Klog - I really do try to keep this blog as much of a search-marketing related resource as possible) that helped to shape my personal life in 2007:
Much like a programmer who spends his days working out the bugs in his newest web 2.0 community, I've been doing the same with my 7+ year project dubbed "Jackie".
Some buds and I caught a Rush concert at the "First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre". The concert itself was a blast, and it turns out that I even recognized a few of their songs.
My brother Ken and his wife had their very first child... a baby boy. They named him Alex. It's funny how a little-man like Alex can change one's opinion on life.
After lots of searching for just the right place, my girlfriend Jackie and I bought a house! Thus far, the experience has been a great and rewarding one.
This past weekend in Detroit was without a doubt the single greatest weekend of my entire life as I, and 80,000 other wrestling fans, attended WrestleMania 23 at Ford Field.
And, that's that! In closing I want to send out a very meaningful 'thank you' to all of you who read this Blog. It's been a true-pleasure to share with you my insights on the various topics of search marketing and website development, and I'm very happy to be apart of your weekly read. Let it be known that I do not get paid for this gig (not even with Google Adsense)... it's actually something I do on the side, which proves the fact that I really do write for the betterment of my readers.
I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year in 2008!
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